) After interviewing members of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Enterprise Institute, several of whom appear in the film, the Yes Men were foiled at the Cato Institute by libertarian activists Bureaucrash, one of whose members had been hanging around the Competitive Enterprise Institute two days before and recognized the duo.

Competitive eating is depicted in a fictionalized manner as a nationally recognized sport in Soviet-era Hungary in the Hungarian film Taxidermia, as well as in the King of the Hill episode, The Fat and the Furious.

Crazy Legs Conti: Zen And The Art Of Competitive Eating is a 2005 documentary film portraying the culture of competitive eating.

Competitive running grew out of religious festivals in various areas.

Competitive running grew out of religious festivals in various areas such as Greece, Egypt, Asia, and the East African Rift in Africa.

* 3rd Most Competitive Small Sized City of San Fernando

Competitive processes for preserving meats are by canning and freezing.

Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on a carefully marked and maintained basketball court, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and remote areas.

* Competitive dance, in which a variety of theater dance styles such as: acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and tap, are permitted.

Competitive athletes are divided by gender, and often by age group.

Competitive bands however, many times opt for matching pants and shoes ( usually white or black ) to hide the visual effect of members who are out of step as seen from a distance.

In the attached figure " von Rosing's Competitive Forces Model " the different competitive forces impacting the internal and external environment of an organization are illustrated.

Since wizards ' favourite sports traditionally are things like Competitive Eating and Extreme Napping other wizards find him very tiring to be around.

Competitive examinations are conducted by a selected senior law enforcement officials.

The majority of civil service appointments in the U. S. are made under the Competitive Service, but certain categories in the Diplomatic Service, the FBI, and other National Security positions are made under the Excepted Service.

Competitive free markets unrestrained by excessive government regulation are seen as being able to naturally ensure that the allocation of resources occurs with the greatest efficiency possible and the economic growth is raised and stabilized.

The most common fields for PhD majors among doctoral students are Accounting, Competitive and Organizational Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Computer and Information Systems, and Operations Management.

Competitive swimming wetsuits are made of the most expanded foam ; they have to be very flexible to allow the swimmer unrestricted movement.

Competitive advantage rests on the notion that cheap labor is ubiquitous and natural resources are not necessary for a good economy.

Competitive local carriers were not required to sell dark fibre, and many do not, although fibre swaps between competitive carriers are quite common.

Competitive intangibles are the source from which competitive advantage flows, or is destroyed.

The dancers in this image are members of a tap dance class. Competitive dance is a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles — such as acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, and tap — before a common group of judges.

* Hash-A-Thon, Tour-duh-Hash and Tri-Hash-Thon are special " Competitive " events.

Competitive events are separated into middle school and high school levels, with students competing only with their respective age group.

Competitive inhibitors have the same y-intercept as uninhibited enzyme ( since V < sub > max </ sub > is unaffected by competitive inhibitors the inverse of V < sub > max </ sub > also doesn't change ) but there are different slopes and x-intercepts between the two data sets.

The exam ( Competitive Exam ) generally consists in a written part ( admissibility ) where most candidates are eliminated, followed by an oral part ( admission ) where the candidate must demonstrate his ability to prepare and give lessons on just about any topic within the scope of his discipline.

Competitive team games ( e. g. two transport companies, both controlled by three players ) are also possible.

Examples of this type are the Foreign Service Exam and UN Competitive Examination.

Competitive examinations are used in many countries for university and college admissions or admissions to secondary schools ( entrance examination ) or for positions in the civil service ( Civil service examination ).

In contrast, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is funded by businesses, accuses the media of being biased in favor of science and against business interests, and of credulously reporting science that purports to show that greenhouse gasses cause global warming.

Competitive analysis formalizes this idea by comparing the relative performance of an online and offline algorithm for the same problem instance.

Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke and in 1873 John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans, but substituting a scissor kick for the traditional flutter kick in order to reduce splashing.

In 2008, a series of studies conducted by the Center for Competitive Politics, an organization whose mission is to " oppose so-called reformers ’ efforts to limit campaign contributions taxpayer funded political campaigns " found that the programs in Maine, Arizona, and New Jersey had failed to accomplish their stated goals, including electing more women, reducing government spending, reducing special interest influence on elections, bringing more diverse backgrounds into the legislature, or meeting most other stated objectives, including increasing competition or voter participation.

In 1982, Deming, as author, had his book published by the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering as Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position, which was renamed Out of the Crisis in 1986.

Except for a brief appearance by Colin Powell, who hurriedly addressed the closing stages of the conference while his airplane taxied on the runway of Johannesburg International, the US government did not send a delegation, earning Bush praise in a letter from conservative organizations such as Americans for Tax Reform, American Enterprise Institute, and Competitive Enterprise Institute.

* Around the Horn: Competitive debating between four sports writers across the country, moderated by Tony Reali

Competitive pressures had forced all the Canadian railways to convert to standard gauge by 1880, and Illinois Central converted its south line to New Orleans to standard gauge in 1881, putting pressure on the southern railways.

* Competitive Balance Tax, a luxury tax paid by teams in Major League Baseball on excess payroll

TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the “ Most Competitive ” institutions in the nation by Barron ’ s Profiles of American Colleges.

The diamond model is an economical model developed by Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, where he published his theory of why particular industries become competitive in particular locations.

Competitive advantage attempts to correct for this issue by stressing maximizing scale economies in goods and services that garner premium prices ( Stutz and Warf 2009 ).

* Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter

* Creating Competitive Advantage: Give Customers a Reason to Choose You Over Your Competitors by Jaynie L. Smith

It was created by M. E. Porter in his book, Competitive Advantage ( 1980 ).

Competitive freediving is currently governed by two world associations: AIDA International ( International Association for Development of Apnea ) and CMAS ( World Underwater Federation ).

On 28 May 2008, Klaus gave the keynote address at an annual dinner hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market advocacy group in Washington, D. C., and received its Julian L. Simon Memorial Award.

In his 1980 classic Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analysing Industries and Competitors, Porter simplifies the scheme by reducing it down to the three best strategies.

The ‘ industry forces ’ paradigm was established most firmly by Michael Porter, ( 1980 ) in his seminal book ‘ Competitive Strategy ’, the ideas of which still form the basis of strategy analysis in many consulting firms and investment companies.